Bajau of Semporna

The following is a Badjao Swadesh Wordlist collected from a man named Gunani, living on a houseboat near the island Pulu Gaya, Semporna, Sabah, Malaysia. Gunani is better described as a Sama Dilaut or a Sama Pala’u. Pala’u refers to the fact that he lives on a houseboat with his family. Gunani is somewhere between […]